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Artistic Team

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Young Dance teaching artists are professional dancers, choreographers, and experienced educators who teach with innovation, collaboration, and thoughtful attention to every dancer in the room. Our educators value a commitment to self, to the community, and to lifelong learning. 

2023–24 Session Staff & Teaching Artists

Alex Arce smiling at the camera.
Alex Arce
Photo of smiling black woman Aneka McMullen.
Aneka McMullen
Image of white person Annika Johansson smiling.
Annika Johansson
Photo of smiling white woman Andrea Zimmerman.
Andrea Zimmerman
Photo of smiling white man Black Nellis.
Blake Nellis
Black woman with short hair, Bri Blakey, smiling at the camera.
Bri Blakey
Carlos “Los Boogie” Garcia
Cecil Neal is a black man in a white shirt. He is smiling at the camera.
Cecil Neal
Photo of smiling white woman Charisse Ponder.
Charisse Ponder
Colin Edwards, a black man with a t-shirt, standing looking at the camera.
Colin Edwards
Smiling white woman, Denise Gagner
Denise Gagner
White woman, Erinn Liebhard, smiling.
Erinn Liebhard
White man dancing in a wheelchair.
Gabriel Rodreick
Image of a smiling white woman, Hannah Pierce
Hannah Pierce
White woman, Holly Sells, in a yellow shirt smiling at the camera.
Holly Sells
White woman, Jennifer Isle, looking sideways and holding her arms up while smiling.
Jennifer Ilse
Photo of woman, J H Shui Xian, looking at the camera with purple hands.
J H Shuǐ Xiān
Photo of smiling white woman Julia Davidson.
Julia Davidson
Smiling White woman with medium red hair.
Kendall Edstrom
Photo of Margaret Ogas
Margaret Ogas
Image of a smiling white woman Maria Tordoff
Maria Tordoff
White man, Michael Grace, smiling at the camera while holding flowers.
Michael Grace
Smiling white woman, Sarah Super, standing outside.
Sarah Super
Young smiling black man with hoodie
Waswa Kalema

2023–24 Guest Artists

Line of black men wearing blue and green colored clothes holding hands with arms held up.
Meridian Movement Collective
White woman, Emily Gastineau, speaking at a microphone.
Emily Gastineau
Alex Arce smiling at the camera.
Alex Arce
Cecil Neal is a black man in a white shirt. He is smiling at the camera.
Cecil Neal
Colin Edwards, a black man with a t-shirt, standing looking at the camera.
Colin Edwards
White man dancing in a wheelchair.
Gabriel Rodreick

Workroom 2021–2022

Woman, Alex Beaumont, smiling in a garden.
Alexandra Beaumont
Photo of smiling black woman Aneka McMullen.
Aneka McMullen
Black man Demetrius McClendon looking to the side.
Demetrius McClendon
images of 7 disabled artists for the Off-Kilter Cabaret Performances June 16–19
Off-Kilter Cabaret (project of Off-Leash Area)

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